Famous Witch Names Throughout Fantasy and History

A list of famous witches throughout all mythologies and fantasy worlds

Famous Witch Names - A List

Like their male counterparts, wizards, the witch is another common archetype across all manner of fantasy; almost exclusively a female spellcaster, witches can be found in novels, short stories, religion, mythologies, all kinds of text based games or online roleplaying worlds and indeed this 'character mould' is something that no game boasting magic of any kind can be without.

Elphaba, The Wicked Witch of the West in both "Wicked" and "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"

Elsa from Disney's "Frozen"

Enyo, one of the "Graeae" or Stygian Witches of Greek mythology

Failee, First Sorceress of Newcomb's "Chronicles of Blood and Stone"

Galadriel, The Lady of Light in Tolkien's legendarium

Gingerbread House Witch, the unnamed antagonist of "Hansel and Gretel"

Glinda, the Good Witch of the South, L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"

Granny Weatherwax, recurring figure in Terry Pratchett's "Discworld"

Grotbags, eponymous character of the British television show

Gytha "Nanny" Ogg of Terry Pratchett's "Discworld"

Hermione Granger of JK Rowling's "Harry Potter"

Jaina Proudmoore, Lady of Theramore "The Warcraft Universe"

Joanna of "Devil on the Road"

A Witch bringing forth the magical chessboard enchantment

Wild Circe, The Witch-Queen sketches eight ritual shapes in the air before you.
Wild Circe, The Witch-Queen dances the ritual of Chessboard.
Guided by an invisible hand, a piece of ethereal chalk appears from nowhere and begins to mark a crisscross pattern in the location; eight squares by eight squares. In moments the chalk is gone but the pattern lingers, pulsing with enchantment.